The story

I found the guitar long before I knew it would impact virtually every decision I made in my adult life…from moving away from my family to pursue music in Nashville to quitting well-paying jobs and even electing NOT  to buy a farm out in the country.

Up to the age of 11, I was just the 3rd of 4 kids in a middle-class southern Christian family with a dachshund named Bernie (who – during the entirety of her 16-year existence – was completely unaware of our nightly debates over which sibling’s bed she would sleep in on that particular night). 

Without the ability to fully comprehend what playing the guitar was becoming in my life, I can see in retrospect now that it was the conduit through which I could express what words could not & became the life boat that gave me a sense of purpose.

The part of the story that no one publishes is the “overnight success” that hardly ever happens overnight. I am still here. Still making music. However – everything has changed. 

I used to play music because I wanted to be in the lights. But, I have come to realize that my first love was good songs and I simply want to find a way to sustainably share them with the world. 

Within my first 5 years living in Nashville, I worked as a medical underwriter, started two businesses that went belly-up due to my desire to do music instead, worked as a server and as a bartender, struggled (and I mean maxing out my AMEX to pay my bills) through COVID-19, burned out completely, sold paint jobs for a local painting company, saved my money and am now making music full-time.

It never plays out how we envision it. However – I am really thankful for what the journey has and is teaching me. The reality is that I may never be able to pay my bills with my own music, but I won’t know unless I try. So, I am all-in. And THAT is the part of success that you can control and what ultimately makes you successful regardless of the outcome.

So with that said, I present to you, my “Overnight Success”.